Everyone is welcome to attend any of these general interest workshops but space is limited so registration is required.

Our free workshops are held in person at the HALCO office/Specialty Legal Clinic Co-op, 55 University Avenue, 15th Floor Room C2, Toronto (just south of King Street West and the fully accessible St. Andrew subway station). The workshops in this series are:
- Refugees and Permanent Residents: How Can You Lose Your Status in Canada? How Can You Apply for Canadian Citizenship? workshop on Wednesday November 8, 2017, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Presenter: Meagan Johnston, HALCO Staff Lawyer.
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CATIE's must-read information for the newly diagnosed.

Finding out you have HIV may be a shock. You do not have to go through this alone: There is help. With ongoing treatment, care and support, HIV can be managed. You can live long and well with HIV.
You’ve already taken the first step by getting tested. Now it is important to get care and treatment as soon as you can.
1. HIV can be treated. Talk to the person who gave you your test result about finding a doctor who treats people with HIV. If they cannot give you the name and number of an HI

Who is disclosing and why? What do PHAs think of the law? Here's the OHTN fact sheet summarizing the findings of important research on the impact of criminalization on people living with HIV in Ontario

This article first appeared in the OCS 2012 Newsletter, a publication of the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN).
What research question is addressed by How Criminalization is Affecting People Living with HIV in Ontario?
This research project examines how people living with HIV (PHAs) perceive the law and the legal obligation to disclose their HIV infection status to sexual partners. It also analyses PHAs’ perceptions of the impact of high-profile media events and public perceptions of

A decision is expected in the fall on two cases before the Supreme Court of Canada which is critical to the way in which accusations of non disclosure of HIV status will be handled in future.

This report is adapted from the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network publication “Criminal prosecutions for HIV non-disclosure: two cases before the Supreme Court of Canada”, which can be found here.
The Supreme Court of Canada has heard two appeals about when people living with HIV may be convicted of a crime for not disclosing their HIV status to sexual partners. These appeals have been brought by the Attorneys General of Manitoba and Quebec; the two cases are being heard together. A de

Dave R writes...Is the current argument over the fairness of HIV disclosure laws a worldwide issue? Is the law then an ass...or just the lawmakers?

There are times when many people outside the United States and Canada, experience National Enquirer levels of disbelief at what’s goes on in parts of North America in the field of sexual behaviour and politics. The current criminalisation of people with HIV who fail to tell their partners of their status is just such a moment in time. The sex may be safe and the viral load may be undetectable but you can still be charged with using your body and your virus as a murder, or assault weapon, if

A message from The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network with an impressive guide to what the world has been saying us recently.

Dear friends and supporters:
As you know, last week, the Supreme Court of Canada heard two key cases – R. v. Mabior and R. v. D.C. – on the issue of when people living with HIV may be criminally prosecuted for sexual assault for not disclosing their HIV-positive status.
These cases revisit the issues raised in the Supreme Court’s original judgment in 1998 in the case of R. v. Cuerrier, which determined that a person may be convicted of aggravated (sexual) assault for not disclosing h

The Tattooed Activist once again delivers another emotional testimonial on the effects of HIV Criminalization.

On February the 8th I spoke at a rally outside the Supreme Court of Canada, while inside the court debated the laws currently governing HIV disclosure. I joined a National call to action spearheaded out of Toronto and helped assemble three people living with HIV to talk about their own experiences trying to negotiate sex under an ill-defined law that has been inconsistently prosecuted by the courts. Below is an excerpt from the speech that I delivered as part of the protest.
I’ve spoken

A report on criminaliisation around the world from the UK’s HIV legal expert Edwin J. Bernard. “The Western world's treatment of many people with HIV is nothing short of barbaric”

This article by Edwin J Bernard first appeared in issue 210 of NAM’s HIV Treatment Update, Winter 2012. For more information on NAM and HTU, or to subscribe to HTU, go to www.aidsmap.com
“Nothing short of barbaric.” This was the comment of a BBC presenter, confronted with the number and sheer arbitrary injustice of criminal convictions of people accused of transmitting HIV or exposing other people to it. In some cases, people have been jailed for failing to disclose HIV in situations wh